Waste-fitting assembly



March 5, 1929. BROTZ 1,104,529

WASTE FITTING ASSEMBLY Filed Au 1, 1927 .fiz. BY 1 a TM. W ORNEY.

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UNITED STATES V 1,704,529 PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK G. BRO'IZ, OF KOHLER, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO KOHLER COMPANY, OF KOHLER, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

WASTE-FITTING- ASSEMBLY.

Application filed August 1, 1927. Serial No. 209,831.

This invention relates to a waste fitting assembly-for sinks and the like particularly for the dishwashing compartment of combina tion sinks and dishwashers. An object of the invention is to provide a waste fitting with a removable stramer cup having attached thereto a plug for closing the drain and means for holding the strainer cup in a raised position with the plu off of its seat so that'the drain is open.

V ith the above and other objects in v ew the invention consists in the waste fitting assembly as herein claimed, its parts an combinations of parts and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like characters of reference indicate the same parts in different views,

Fig. 1 is a sectional View of a waste fittln in the open position of the plug;

(Fig. 2 is a similar view of the-parts in the r closed position; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view away.

In these drawings lOindicates a flaring assembly showin the strainer cup supported with a portion broken .drain openin in a, sink bottom or the like,

or particular y in the bottom of a sink used as a dishwasher either in the form of a dishwashing machine or otherwise The waste fitting for the drain opening comprises a funnel-shaped couphng member flange 12 drawn into close fitting contact with the. enamelled surface of the sink bottom by a clampin nut 13. I The main body portion of the coupling member 11 is cylindrical and of large diameter while coaxial with it is a smaller strainer outlet compartment 14 also cylin drical and terminating in a shoulder on which a strainer plate 15 rests, the tail piece "or drain pipe 16' havin suitable connection with the strainer outlet eyond the shoulder.

Within the cylindrical largediameter mam portion of the coupling member 11 is slidably fitted a removable strainercup or portable basket 16 having a handle 17 by.which it may be moved. This strainer cup 16 has a stem 18fixed to it and projecting downwardly therefrom carrying a rubber waste plug 19 to fit a seat formed for itcat the upper end of the reduced chamber 14 to effectively prevent the discharge of water from thesmk when in its closed position,

as shown in Fig. 2. Within the strainercup chamber of the coupling member 11 are three or more or any desired number of projections 20 and the strainer cup 16 is provided with recesses 21 to fit on said projectlQIZIVShiD order to permit the plug to be seated.

en the cup is raised and turned with its recesses out of alignment with the projections it rests on the projections and is held thereby in its raised position with the plug 19 well above its seat and consequently with' the drain open permitting the water to freely flow thereby, as shown in Fig. 1. As the cup in its raised 'positionfits the coupling, any

particles of food matter or other solids will be, caught/and held in it as the water, passes and by removing the cup such material may be readily disposed of. Any solid matter passing the strainer cup will be retained by the plate strainer 15 without entering tl11e waste pipe and may be removed with the p ate. 7

IWhenever it is desired to prevent the dis* charge of water, it is only necessary to turn the handle 17 until the strainer cup recesses are in register with the projections, when the strainer cup falls to its lower position seating the plug 19, the pressure of the water on which will effectively seal it.

What I claim as new and desire secure by Letters Patent is:

basket having different positions in the waste coupling, and a plug, rigidly fixed on the strainer'basket seated within and closing the waste coupling in the lower position of the strainer basket gand removed from its seat in the upper posit onof the strainer basket.

2. A waste fitting for sinks and the like, comprising a drain coupling havinga' cylindrical cup-shaped body portion with a reducedoutlet portion, a cup-shaped strainerremovably fitting in the cup-shaped portion of the drain coupling, projections on the side walls of the cup-shaped portion of the drain coupling, there being recesses in the edge of the strainer cup to receive said projections in a lower position of the cup and said cup resting on said projections in an upper position thereof, and a plug carried by the strainer cup fitting within and closing the drain out-v let in the lower position of the strainer cup.

3. In a' waste fitting assembly,'a flaring cup-shaped drain coupling having a reduced outlet, a nut threaded as the coupling for clamping it to the outlet opening of thesink or the like, a cup-shaped strainer fitting within the cOupling a handle thereon by which it may be lifted and turned, projections on the Walls of the-coupling, there being recesses in the edges of the strainer cup to fit said projections, a stem secured to the. bottom of the strainer cup, and a plug mounted thereon seated in the outlet of the drain coupling when the strainer cup is in a lower position With its recesses fitting the projections.

4. A Waste fitting assembly, comprising a flaring cup-shaped waste coupling having a reduced shouldered outlet, a cup-shaped strainer within the coupling and slidably and rotatably fitting cylindrical walls thereof, a

hand e Within the strainer for raising and lowering and turning it, projections on said wallslof the coupling for supporting the strainer in a raised position, there being recesses in the edge of the strainer to fit on said projections and permitting of its being moved to a lower position, a stem secured to the bot"- tom of the strainer, a plug on the stem seated in the reduced outlet of the coupling in the lower position of the strainer, and a removable strainer plate on the shoulder of the reduced outlet of the coupling beneath the plug. 5. A waste fitting i'or sinks and the like comprising a drain coupling, a seat formed therein, acup-shaped strainer basket removably fitting in the drain coupling, a plug fixed on the bottom of the strainer basket and fitting on the seat, and engaging members onthe strainer basket and the drain connection for supporting'the strainer basketlin a position with the plug removed from the seat.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

FRANK e. BROTZ. 

